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Re: no_new_pseudos
Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> writes:
> On Jul 5, 2007, Kenneth Zadeck <zadeck@naturalbridge.com> wrote:
>
> > The work here is not changing the bits. the work here is the actual
> > auditing of each place to see if it was the correct place.
>
> Then I guess the best option is to leave no_new_pseudos defined as a
> macro, such that we can introduce the enumeration and migrate to it in
> a way that makes it clear what has been migrated and what hasn't.
I think the best option is for somebody to go through the uses of
no_new_pseudos and fix them. Incomplete transitions are bad.
> We might want to take GDB's practice of adding DEPRECATED_ to
> deprecated constructs, such that people who stumble across the code
> are more likely to notice that it needs auditing and updating.
Please, no. That way lies madness.
Ian